Prof. dr. Wang, C.C.L.
Charlie Wang is Professor of Advanced Manufacturing at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. His main research interests are Computational Design, Advanced Manufacturing, Geometric Computing and Robotics.
Academic Background
He is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) since 2013 and has received a few awards from professional societies including the prestigious ASME CIE Excellence in Research Award (2016).
Education
- 1998-2002
PhD and MPhil in Mechanical Engineering,
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - 1994-1998
BEng in Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Experience
- 2018 – Present
Professor of Advanced Manufacturing
Department of Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology - 2020 – Present
Professor and Chair of Smart Manufacturing
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester - 2018 – 2020
Director
Institute of Intelligent Design and Manufacturing
Professor
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong - 2016 – 2018
Professor and Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
Department of Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology - 2015 – 2016
Professor
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong - 01/2011 – 08/2011
Visiting Professor (on sabbatical leave of CUHK)
Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA - 2009 – 2015
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong - 2003 – 2009
Assistance Professor
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Awards/distinctions
- 2016
Excellence in Research Award
Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Division
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) - 2016
Best Paper Award (with Yuen-Shan Leung, Xiaoning Wang, Ying He and Yong-Jin Liu)
Journal of Computational Visual Media, Springer - 2013
Fellow of ASME
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - 2013
NAMRI/SME Outstanding Paper Award (with Xuejin Zhao, Yayue Pan, Chi Zhou and Yong Chen)
SME 41st North American Manufacturing Research Conference - 2011
Prakash Krishnaswami CAPPD Best Paper Award (with Pu Huang and Yong Chen)
ASME 31st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - 2009
ASME CIE Young Engineer Award
Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Division
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) - 2009
VX Corporation Best Idea Award (2nd Place)
International CAD Conference and Exhibition - 2008
Best Paper Award (with Yong Chen)
ASME 28th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - 2008
CUHK Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award
The Chinese University of Hong Kong - 2001
Best Paper Award in Computational Methods (with Matthew M.F. Yuen)
ASME 21st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference

Geometric Modeling and Reasoning of Human-Centered Freeform Products
Charlie C.L. Wang
ISBN: 978-1447143604
Published in 2013